Mexican Open: Davidovich Fokina books spot in last eight

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina moved into the last 8 of the Mexican Open by beating American Frances Tiafoe, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Thursday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 48, will face Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez next.

The Spaniard won against Italian lucky loser Mattia Bellucci (1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Acapulco tournament, Tiafoe, ranked No 18, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-4, 6-2).

Acapulco ATP 500, other second-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):

• Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez beat Casper Ruud: (walkover)
• Learner Tien (Q) beat Alexander Zverev (1): 6-3, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (4): 3-0 ret.
• Denis Shapovalov (9) beat Alex Michelsen: 6-4, 6-3
• David Goffin beat Ben Shelton (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Tomas Machac (8) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Marcos Giron beat Tommy Paul: (walkover)

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